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- From: troj@cwis.unomaha.edu (Kevin Trojanowski)
- Newsgroups: comp.databases
- Subject: Re: Paradox Engine 3.0/Database Framework
- Message-ID: <troj.726683358@cwis>
- Date: 10 Jan 93 16:29:18 GMT
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- dliao@aludra.usc.edu (David Liao) writes:
-
- > Borland recently released Database Framework which is supposed to
- >encapsulate Paradox Engine's functions. I believe the Database Framework
- >will offer more than just PE encapsulations that will make PE programmer's
- >life a bit easier.
-
- I cannot comment on the Database Framework, as I'm still in the stone
- ages of Turbo-C v2.0. I've done work (and continue to work) with PE 2.0,
- and have PE 3.0 on order. Should be here within the next two weeks.
-
- > I ordered the Paradox Engine 3.0/Database Framework last week. But
- >from hearing some complains from the PE programmers on the net, I have doubt
- >about using the product. Hopefully, Database Framework will change all that.
- >It's strange that Paradox Engine has not become as popular as other Borland
- >products after more than two years of release.
-
- I don't think PE has the market that the other Borland products do --
- the market of people interested in essentially writing their own database
- apps from scratch isn't very large, I don't believe. Most people would
- probably rather let Paradox handle both the database and 95% of the interface
- work, rather than writing all the interface code in C or Pascal.
-
- > I have been looking around last six months for a database engine
- >platform that I can write with either C or C++. I found Paradox Engine
- >and another product called CodeBase. I didn't hear too much about CodeBase.
- >Paradox Engine was in the vicinity of unknown as well. Can some recommend
- >other database engine? I am not looking for Clipper and Foxpro, because I
- >think they lack the speed and flexibility of programming in C unless someone
- >can prove me wrong :)
-
- > BTW, I hope to hear from other Paradox Engine programmers on this
- >newsgroup. I could not find any relevant source, discussion or book relating
- >to the Paradox Engine. It seems like all Paradox Engine programmers are
- >stranded on an island with their superb Paradox Engine documentation.
-
- It's true, the Paradox Engine isn't the easiest of things to work with.
- However, once you spend just a short bit of time learning it, it starts to
- make sense. One thing it WILL do is test your knowledge of Paradox itself --
- you need to know what C types you want to use, to match your Paradox types,
- and similar issues.
-
- In addition, when you first start working on the application, safe yourself
- a LOT of hassle -- create the table with Paradox. Then, write C code to
- read the table. That way, you can put data into it with Paradox, and KNOW
- what's there. That makes for quick & easy testing of your code. Once that's
- ironed out, work on the code to write to the table, and use Paradox to
- examine what you put there. THEN go on to the routines to create the
- tables.
-
- Paradox itself makes for a VERY useful development tool when working with
- the Paradox Engine. It's saved me a lot of time & hassle.
-
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